St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-04
THE BlsRI eRCK s0lONs.
They RzOdeslly Wait the Departure
of TWO Women Before Passing a
Bill Ola "A Delicate subject.

They MOGeslly Wait the Departure
of Two Women Before Passing a
Bill Ola "a Delicate subject.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, OAK, Feb. 3.-The mercury
tonight has dropped down TO 800 below
zero, but the blizzard has died out and there
are promises of toerable weather The
train from the east is fifteen hours late and
it is not known when the one from the west
will be here. Business is almost at stand
still. and were it not for the legislature and
supreme court the town would be
dead. To-day the business transacted
by both houses of the legislature was
light. The rooms were cold and an early
adjournment was taken. A splendid eX
hibition Of the innate modeSty OF the aver
age Dakota citizen was given in the council
to-day when the house bill raising the age
of consent i'll females from 10 to II years
came up for consideration. There were
two ladies in the room at the time, and
modest Ted KingSbury, the chief clerk,
couldn't stand the pressure. and sought
refuge in the cloak room. The bill was
dropped for time, but it finally became
necessary to take it up, when, blushing
deeply, Mr.. McCumber arose and moved
that it be laid over until an opportunity
came when he could discuss it as he saw fit
to. The ladies finally left, and the bill was
taken up and passed,
FIXING THE AGE OF CONSENT
at II years. Another bill asking for the To-
cation of a soldiers home showed up in the
council to-day. 1t asks that the home be
set down near the enterprising townsite of
Frankfort. There are so many bills of this
nature now before the two bodies that the
death of some of them is an assured fact.
If any of the bills pass this session it will
provide only for location and will have to
go begging for an appropriation. Business
in the house was terribly dull and the
members were blue in the face. Their
teeth chattered and they seemed to
be principally disposed TO get
warm. There was but one bill
introduced in the house and that was the
repeal of some law of but little importance.
a council bill providing for the burial of
soldiers and sailors who served in the late
war was passed. This with second reading
and the reference of several bills completed
the business transacted in this body. The
council bill authorizing and empowering the
organized counties of Dakota to issue and
dispose of bonds to provide funds to pay
outstanding Indebtedness and to provide for
the payment OF the principal and interest
thereof passed the house. There is a jeal-
OuSy growing up between the house and
council over the fact that the council gives
but little attention to house bills sent to
that body for passage. They are usually
referred to various committees that neglect
to report them back, and the house charges
that they examine bills, get the points and
introduce bills themselves, covering the
same points and perhaps others. The
house has got an idea that the council
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them. and the council reserves the right to
amend as it sees fit. This
CREATES SOME FEELING
between the members OF the two bodies that
NAV break out in bad shape before the ses-
sion closes. Mrs. Packard, the well-known
philanthrOpiSt and advocate of woman suf-
frage issue, is here from Chicago, and an
nounces her intention of taking part
in the law making before the session
closes. She has a Jill with her
which she proposes to introduce. 1t
,arovides for rights and protection for in
elites of jails. penitentiaries and insane
sSvlums. She has pitched her tent in the
field and given it out that she proposes TO
stay with the gang awhile. 1t is expected
She will be granted the privilege of the
floor and given a chance to cut a swath for
herself. Petitions yards in length are being
received by different members from
the rural districts asking for
such legislation as will give the whisky
traffic black eye. One came up to-day, to
!. V. White, of Clay county, signed by
46O residents of that part of the country,
and an accompanying letter regretted tn at
lack of time had prevented the list being
.sweIIed to thousands Unless the temper
ance issue throws some life into the work,
this session of the legislature will pass very
Quietly and in strong contrast to the rip
roaring session two years ago.
TEE AITCH.
NorrIsh and Church.